History of Special Education

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  • PL 89-313

    PL 89-313
    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Amendment-authorized the first state level grant program specifically for children and youth with disabilities.

  • PL 90-170

    PL 90-170
    1967 ESEA established the Bureau of the Handicapped within the U.S. Department of Education to administer funds for research, education, and training in special education.

  • Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia

    Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
    Civil action won on behalf of seven school age children who want the rights to a free public education.

  • Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    One of the court cases that addressed deinstitutionalization and the right to treatment. These rulings lead to requirements that are part of ECHCA which includes individualization planning, least restrictive environment, and due process.

  • PL 93-112 Section 504

    PL 93-112 Section 504
    First civil rights protections for individuals with disabilities including the right to education.

  • Public Law 94-142

    Public Law 94-142
    Education for All Handicapped Children Act-requires all public schools to provide students with disabilities a free public education.

  • PL 98-199

    PL 98-199
    Funding for transitional services for students with disabilities preparing to exit high school.

  • EAHCA Admendments-Part H (Now Part C)

    EAHCA Admendments-Part H (Now Part C)
    Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities-was established to assist states in developing and implementing statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency systems to help with services for children with disabilities from birth to age 3.

  • PL 101-336

    PL 101-336
    EACHCA renamed Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - changes such as mandatory transition services by age 16, autism and traumatic brain injury added as disability groups.

  • PL 105-17

    PL 105-17
    Redefined LRE to include access to general education, consideration of assistive technology and services, transition age modified to 14, allowed for state and local agencies to use developmentally delayed for students up to age 9, and stay-put rule dealing with disputes on placement had exceptions added.